MERLOT Materials

This is an interesting learning activity from the Library of Congress on the subject of political cartoons.  This would... see more

This site is a great resource for both educators and students in regards to teaching and learning about the U.S... see more

An ongoing digitization project, the site contains the full text of over three hundred treaties concerning Native... see more

This site includes numerous links related to civil liberties in general, the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and... see more

Justice Learning is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political... see more

The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy... see more

The Aid Game is about giving charitable aid to developing countries. These countries may suffer the dual challenges of... see more

This is a course that is offered by Lumen Learning. Although a course, it can easily be used as a textbook and has... see more

American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American Government... see more

American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American Government... see more

A ready-reference guide to thousands of scholarly and information sites on all aspects of Africa and African Studies... see more

Ars Regendi is a nation building and government simulation game where the players can rule an own state, which is... see more

An online simulation that allows users to create their own California state budget. Users make choices about spending,... see more

A quiz from NextTen.org that helps students learn more about the budget of the state of California.

Launched on November 30, 2000, this blog covers a wide range of issues relevant to nonprofit organizations.  Maintained... see more

The Center makes white paper studies of First Amendment issues available to students and professors. Topics range from... see more

Critical thinking in my class refers to the ability to answer why and how questions such as why do people commit crimes... see more

This is a nice site to find results of US presidential elections since 1824. They are broken down by popular and... see more

Produced by the National Archives of Australia this site provides online access to the founding documents of Australian... see more

This Stanford study developed a bank of assessments to measure civic online reasoning. This document synthesizes their... see more

These exercises (15 in all) were written for instructors teaching an introductory class in statistics. They  were written... see more

There are two exercises that use data from the 2014 General Social Survey to explore topics in attitudes toward abortion.... see more

There are four exercises that use data from the 2014 General Social Survey to explore confidence in societal institutions... see more

There are three exercises that use data from the 2014 General Social Survey to explore topics in tolerance.  Tolerance is... see more